Shoe-fastening.



v 0. M. PERKINS.

SHOE FASTENING. APPLICATION FILED APR. 30. 1910.

Patented Au .2,1910.

IINITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

CHARLES 1V1. PERKINS, OF GRIP/LES, OKLAHOMA.

SHOE-FASTENING.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. PERKINS, a citizen of'the United States,residing at Grimes, in the county of Roger Mills and State of Oklahoma,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fastenings, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe fastening devices, andmore particularly one employing a lace passed through eyelets on theshoe upper and carrying loose hook members which have finger pieceswhereby the hook members may be readily engaged with and disengaged fromthe lace eyelets on the shoe upper.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical andeffective fastening device of this character which may be used on shoes,slippers, leggings, gloves, belts, corsets, etc.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists of thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafterfully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure l is a View illustrating the application of theinvention to a shoe upper; Fig. 2 is a detail horizontal section; andFig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the fastener.

Referring more particularly to the draw ing 1 and 2 denote the two sideportions of a shoe upper or analogous device to which my invention isapplied, and 3 denotes the tongue which is arranged beneath the usualeyelets 3 for the lace 4:. These eyelets 3 are arranged in rows alongthe side edges of the two parts or members 1, 2, and the lace A ispassed through the eyelets from one part to the other.

My invention comprises a series of hook members 5 which have eyeletportions 6 loosely arranged on the loop, and which also have fingerpieces 7, the hooks 5 being adapted to engage the uppermost eyelets 3 onone of the parts. As illustrated, the finger pieces 7 are in the form oftabs arranged on the eyelets 6, which latter are made of metal and havethe hooks 5 formed integral with them, as clearly shown in the drawing.The hooks 5 extend transversely from the eyelets 6 and in a directionopposite to that of the tab or finger piece 7 whereby the lat-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 30, 1910.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

Serial No. 558,740.

ter may be readily grasped when it is desired to insert the hooks in orremove them from the eyelets 3. Owing to this peculiar construction itwill be seen that when the hooks 5 are engaged with the eyelets 3, theeyelets 6 will press the lace 4 against the part 2 and thereby preventthe slipping or loosening of the lace.

In using the invention, when it is desired to unfasten the shoe,slipper, glove, legging, belt, corset or other object towhich theinvention is applied, the uppermost hook member is first loosened andpulled outwardly to slacken the upper end of the lace, and thesucceeding hook members are then successively loosened and each timepulled outwardly to slacken the lace. Any number of the fasteners may beprovided and after all of them have been loosened the two parts ormembers 1, 2, may be readily separated and the lace may be loosened inthe eyelets 3, on the lower portions of said parts or members. When itis desired to close the fastening the lace is first drawn through thelower eyelets 3 and the hook members are then successively engaged withthe upper eyelets in the part 2, and the upper extremity of the lace isdrawn tight so that the eyelet portions 6 of the several hook memberswill bind the lace and prevent it from slipping.

The tongue 3 is preferably secured to the part 1, as shown at 3*, sothat the tongue can not slip from beneath the hooks 5 when the latterare engaged with the eyelets 3.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed is:

The combination of two members provided with rows of eyelets, a lacearranged in one row of said eyelets, and hook members each consisting ofa metal eyelet, a transversely arranged hook formed integral with saidmetal eyelet and adapted to engage the other row of said eyelets, and afinger tab sur rounding the eyelet of the hook member and projectinglaterally therefrom in a direction opposite to said hook the lace alsopassing through the eyelets of the hook members, as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifiX my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLES M. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. A'rwooo, GEO. A. MILLER.-

